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An NYPD spokeswoman tells Gothamist that the guy who threatened to arrest a cell phone camera operator and told him, “Guys in jail are going to rape you,” (which I blogged about here) is not a member of NYPD.

The Gothamist post speculates he’s a cop with another police department, though at this point that isn’t exactly clear, either. More to come, I’m sure.

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16 Responses to ““Guys in Jail Are Going To Rape You” Update: NYPD Says Guy Who Treatened Cameraman Doesn’t Work for them”

Considering how I was talked to the other day by an undercover officer, I wouldn’t be surprised if it was an NYPD officer. It still amazes me how many sociopaths make it into law enforcement. Not surprising unfortunately though.

Really too bad–used to be you thought you could trust a cop. Now, it’s like Asia–you never call one if you can avoid it, because things get worse, not better when they are around. All the TV shows in the world will NOT rebuild the public’s trust in cops, nor should they.

Which begs the question:
What’s more dangerous to you, a real cop, or a fake cop?

And we’re supposed to just roll over and do whatever wacky legal (or not) request anyone claiming to be a cop says, just for the privilege of not being jailed, fined, shot, raped, harassed, sued, abused, beaten…

That dude was most certainly a cop. The video shows him issuing some sort of citation. And when the lead officer at the scene was asked about that cop, he told the videographer, paraphrasing, “you can complain and the such-and-such precinct” and NOT that the dude was not a cop.

If that dude was not a member of NYPD, which I frankly doubt, than they most certainly know who he is.